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midnight on september 20, 2011 was the first time it was legal to be in the united states military and also openly gay. and what happened to the u.s. military, aside from some partying on that first night? were there riots? no. and just about a year after full repeal, the first academic study of the consequences concludes thusly. quote, the appeal has had no overall impact on military readiness or its component dimensions. there you go. the repeal of don't ask don't tell widely viewed of a nonevent one year ago. except of course for the american men and service men whose lives have been changed for the better. do you remember who said it was going to be a disaster? >> i hope that when we pass this legislation that we will understand that we are doing great damage and we could possibly and probably, and i've been told by literally thousands members of the military, harm the battle effectiveness which is so vital to the support, to the survival of your young men and women in the military. today is a very sad day.
midnight on september 20, 2011 was the first time it was legal to be in the united states military and also openly gay. and what happened to the u.s. military, aside from some partying on that first night? were there riots? no. and just about a year after full repeal, the first academic study of the consequences concludes thusly. quote, the appeal has had no overall impact on military readiness or its component dimensions. there you go. the repeal of don't ask don't tell widely viewed of a...
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states congress. i think the other question. >> what is the answer to that? let me stop you. what is the answer? does it override his career, his ten years in congress? >> i think ultimately, the authority for that is with the people of missouri. and if they don't think it does, i don't think it does, but i don't live in missouri. that's not my call. i don't think it does. >> you don't live in a lot of places, deev deace. that has not stopped you from giving your opinion. you're not a democrat. i'm going to push you again on this you're a certainly conservative and you think this should be left to the people of missouri. your nominee says he should resign. some of the heavyweights in your party from karl rove on down or on up say he should. you're telling me as a social conservative, you defer to the people in that state? you don't have an opinion? >> those are two different questions. >> i don't think so. >> the first question is what do i think about the establishment telling akin he should step asi
states congress. i think the other question. >> what is the answer to that? let me stop you. what is the answer? does it override his career, his ten years in congress? >> i think ultimately, the authority for that is with the people of missouri. and if they don't think it does, i don't think it does, but i don't live in missouri. that's not my call. i don't think it does. >> you don't live in a lot of places, deev deace. that has not stopped you from giving your opinion....
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it's not just the united states. china, china's emissions, green house gas emissions have gone through the roof. india is rising. brazil, russia, the industrializing countries, so it's bigger than just the united states. the united states, i think, has to, and should play a leadership role if we get onboard, and if we lead, i think others will follow. my prediction, frankly, is that china is going to way beat us to solar energy technology. >> sure. they're taking it right from us right now when it comes to manufacturing solar panels and what not. they're undercutting us like crazy. the president obviously was handed a tough assignment when he stepped into the oval office. there was a lot on his plate. if he wins reelection, there's a lot of talk about him going down the road of immigration. what about this issue? you have 78% of american people who think global warming is a real problem. and he wins a second term, would this be the right time to do something? >> i think it absolutely would. and very frankly, there's
it's not just the united states. china, china's emissions, green house gas emissions have gone through the roof. india is rising. brazil, russia, the industrializing countries, so it's bigger than just the united states. the united states, i think, has to, and should play a leadership role if we get onboard, and if we lead, i think others will follow. my prediction, frankly, is that china is going to way beat us to solar energy technology. >> sure. they're taking it right from us right...
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states and not running for president of the cayman islands. we have known this for a long time, from the one year of tax returns that mr. romney did release. we know some of his investments were offshore, and we know that offshoring stock? the caymans is one of the things you do to avoid paying taxes. now we have this trove of documents that put into black and white the tax avoidance benefit of mr. romney's money being in the caymans. they thought they put this story out of the news cycle by announcing paul ryan. but that only worked about a day as a distraction before everyone started talking to them about the tax returns. then the topic moved on to todd akin and pregnancy and pregnancy's connection or lack thereof to rape. but now it seems we are moving back to mitt romney's taxes. there's no proof here published in these documents about what totalment amount mr. romney paid in taxes. the documents aren't even proven to be from mitt romney's investments. but he does have cayman islands investments. the reason why someone would want those. as
states and not running for president of the cayman islands. we have known this for a long time, from the one year of tax returns that mr. romney did release. we know some of his investments were offshore, and we know that offshoring stock? the caymans is one of the things you do to avoid paying taxes. now we have this trove of documents that put into black and white the tax avoidance benefit of mr. romney's money being in the caymans. they thought they put this story out of the news cycle by...
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the tampa bay area is among the most vulnerable metropolitan areas in the united states to a hurricane that's behaving just the wrong way. in other words, pushing water up tampa bay and that convention center sits right at the north end of tampa and hillsboro bay in an extremely vulnerable place to flooding. so their contingency plan, they might have a plan, but you can bet it's not to be right there in the way that we tend to think of the convention unfolding. let's look at the storm now. this is really a tough situation for them. we have a weak tropical storm. it's only 40-mile-per-hour winds at the current time. it's moving west through the caribbean. and it's brushing puerto rico and the virgin islands with gusty winds but not too dangerous. they declare a state of emergency really so they can put legal things into effect but it is not especially threatening on the north side of the storm. it's a big system which is going to be important downstream. as we look ahead in time here it comes off to the west and so the thinking is that by tomorrow evening it's affecting haiti, especiall
the tampa bay area is among the most vulnerable metropolitan areas in the united states to a hurricane that's behaving just the wrong way. in other words, pushing water up tampa bay and that convention center sits right at the north end of tampa and hillsboro bay in an extremely vulnerable place to flooding. so their contingency plan, they might have a plan, but you can bet it's not to be right there in the way that we tend to think of the convention unfolding. let's look at the storm now. this...
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charlotte to say i am excited to reelect this president as president of the united states. he's got to give them the talking points to remind folks he's done what no other many was able to do in passing the health care act. he has to talk about the ways he stood strong against a congress, that would have allowed student rates to double. when he's talking about a tax increase, it's a return to historic norms, that where we are right now basically allows the wealth jest americans off the hook from paying their fair share. i think the message is we have to move all together. irges what do you think about this question, are you better off and how it's being answered? >> ultimately there's a lot of ways to say we are better off, but we're in a situation of moving towards being much better off. so let's take, for example, the affordable health care act, the president's signature piece of domestic legislation. there are many families who can right now say yes i am demonstrably better off today as a result of the affordable care act, but he's also got to remind folks that most of t
charlotte to say i am excited to reelect this president as president of the united states. he's got to give them the talking points to remind folks he's done what no other many was able to do in passing the health care act. he has to talk about the ways he stood strong against a congress, that would have allowed student rates to double. when he's talking about a tax increase, it's a return to historic norms, that where we are right now basically allows the wealth jest americans off the hook...
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. >>> in january of 2011 there was an assassination attempt on a member of the united states congress. congresswoman gabby giffords was holding a meet your congress event at a supermarket in tucson when this mentally ill, heavily armed young man opened fire. this was the type of weapon he used, and the reason it looks a strange shape is because it has an extended magazine larger than the gun was designed for. the standard magazine for this gun would fit into the handle without hanging below it like you saw in the other picture. a standard magazine would hold 15 bullets. jared loughner had two of the standard-sized ammunition clips in his pocket that did at the safeway in tucson, but the clip he had in the gun held double the number of bullets as compared to the standard one. it holds 30 bullets. that's why jared loughner, last january in tucson, was trying to kill and wound so many people before he was stopped. he fired one bullet in the chamber and fired the 30 bullets in the extended magazine. it was not until he stopped because he had to reload that somebody was able to tackle him
. >>> in january of 2011 there was an assassination attempt on a member of the united states congress. congresswoman gabby giffords was holding a meet your congress event at a supermarket in tucson when this mentally ill, heavily armed young man opened fire. this was the type of weapon he used, and the reason it looks a strange shape is because it has an extended magazine larger than the gun was designed for. the standard magazine for this gun would fit into the handle without hanging...
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states of america, you are probably honored but it's also the worst job in america. >> for the president, these kinds of investigations are the kinds of stories that don't break, they kind of ooze. they take forever. they are very political but in the end they come up with something. look at where monica lewinsky came from. suddenly this weird right turn happens and now they're on to this. these kind of things make presidents' second terms miserable. look at it from iran contrato watergate, again and again we see second terms hobbled by investigations and instances that started in the first term that bleed over into the second. if the president is re-elected in november, he's got to watch out because a lot of this stuff can kind of seep and ooze around your presidency. you never kind of know where it will end up. >> i was just going to say, what they did to the white house staff, they completely hobble a white house staff. i was in the bush white house for the second term for the valerie plame investigation and became obsessed with this dynamic you just described, my second novel is abou
states of america, you are probably honored but it's also the worst job in america. >> for the president, these kinds of investigations are the kinds of stories that don't break, they kind of ooze. they take forever. they are very political but in the end they come up with something. look at where monica lewinsky came from. suddenly this weird right turn happens and now they're on to this. these kind of things make presidents' second terms miserable. look at it from iran contrato...
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i think that morsi is charting his own path but he knows that the united states is the most valuable ally that egypt is going to have. >> thank you. >> thank you, gentlemen. >>> next senator mccaskill hits todd akin in a brand new campaign ad. >> on august 19th, todd akin said only some rapes are legitimate. what will he say next? >> we'll get to today's first read with senior political editor mark murray who says the gop has a surprisingly uphill climb to win the senate. >>> new details on a settlement of students pepper sprayed. remember this? during an occupy protest. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, there's another commit
i think that morsi is charting his own path but he knows that the united states is the most valuable ally that egypt is going to have. >> thank you. >> thank you, gentlemen. >>> next senator mccaskill hits todd akin in a brand new campaign ad. >> on august 19th, todd akin said only some rapes are legitimate. what will he say next? >> we'll get to today's first read with senior political editor mark murray who says the gop has a surprisingly uphill climb to win...
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i'm fighting to improve schools in the united states of america. i'm not fighting on behalf of rich values or poor values or 53% value. i'm fighting for american values. he's fighting for american values. but the other candidate, the man behind the mask, he's offering us a budget that takes care of the rich but leaves everyone else in the dust. >> show me your budget. i'll tell you what you've got. let's take a look at their budget. why are they doing it? well, they are doing it because they have to. and here's the reason they have to. they cannot possibly, possibly continue to add to the tax cuts of the super wealthy. >> that's what is behind the romney mask. that's what the next 39 days to the election are all about. and a special thank you to our fake president and mitt romney for helping us to predict this election. joining me now unmasked is krystal ball, co-host of "the nik kell" on msnbc and dana milbank. thank you both for being here this evening. >> thank, reverend. >> krystal, let me start with you. romney is falling behind not because he
i'm fighting to improve schools in the united states of america. i'm not fighting on behalf of rich values or poor values or 53% value. i'm fighting for american values. he's fighting for american values. but the other candidate, the man behind the mask, he's offering us a budget that takes care of the rich but leaves everyone else in the dust. >> show me your budget. i'll tell you what you've got. let's take a look at their budget. why are they doing it? well, they are doing it because...
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states, i don't know how we come up with the estimates that that number is leaving the united states because we have a substantial number who were legalized their status, they're no longer in that particular population. bear in mind that in 2001, 2002, we had 2 million to 3 million illegal aliens in the united states. now we're up to over 10, 11 million. there is a lot of factors as to why that has happened. but one of the things, when we talk about a reduction of the people coming to the country, we already have a large population of illegal aliens in the country. the economy played a major part in that reduction. and, of course, we can't minimize how important our border security has been because it made it much, much harder for people to get smuggled into the united states. so those are all the factors that i say have contributed to what we have now. the bottom line is that i think we need to -- we need to address this issue. we need to address the issue of what to do with the 11, 12 million people in the country who are not identified who are not legal to work, what do we do with
states, i don't know how we come up with the estimates that that number is leaving the united states because we have a substantial number who were legalized their status, they're no longer in that particular population. bear in mind that in 2001, 2002, we had 2 million to 3 million illegal aliens in the united states. now we're up to over 10, 11 million. there is a lot of factors as to why that has happened. but one of the things, when we talk about a reduction of the people coming to the...
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states. today i'm asking for my delegates to vote for senator mccain at the convention. this is a country able to lead our country in a dangerous hour. >> with me is nbc political analyst and author of "revival for the struggle for survival in the obama white house" and maria teresa kumar executive director 6 votes latino and msnbc contributor. thanks to you both for being here. let me start with you, richard. some really grudging endorsements. is there any real love for romney at all in the gop? >> can you blame these people? look, they had tens of millions of dollars dumped on their head and there is bad feelings at the end of it. remember santorum's endorsement of romney in 2008 was rammed down his throat by mitt romney all the way down the end of that primary contest. bad feelings are going to be there. really the weight is on the endorsy, not the endorser, to be gracious here and bring the party together. hillary clinton in 2008 did not particularly give a gracious speech when the now pr
states. today i'm asking for my delegates to vote for senator mccain at the convention. this is a country able to lead our country in a dangerous hour. >> with me is nbc political analyst and author of "revival for the struggle for survival in the obama white house" and maria teresa kumar executive director 6 votes latino and msnbc contributor. thanks to you both for being here. let me start with you, richard. some really grudging endorsements. is there any real love for romney...
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howard dean would be the democratic nominee and president of the united states if that was the case. you have to give people a reason to vote for you. >> steve, you make pay compelling argument there. the debates, perhaps, michael, the next opportunity and the last opportunity for mitt romney to make this case. both sides have elised memos. this is beth myers of the romney campaign. this is what she says in part. it's clear that president obama will use his ample rhett for cal gifts in debating experience at one end. we expect a 90-minute attack ad. david axelrod not to be outdone by the obama campaign. saying we expect mitt romney to be prepared, disciplined and aaggressive. the first debate generally favor challengers. both sides are trying to manage expectations here? >> absolutely. >> this guy's really good. >> how do we get in the ring with him all of a sudden? >> right. >> they're skilled on their feet. that's how they got this far. i don't know that the second and third debate will matter that much for governor romney if there isn't something significant out of debate number o
howard dean would be the democratic nominee and president of the united states if that was the case. you have to give people a reason to vote for you. >> steve, you make pay compelling argument there. the debates, perhaps, michael, the next opportunity and the last opportunity for mitt romney to make this case. both sides have elised memos. this is beth myers of the romney campaign. this is what she says in part. it's clear that president obama will use his ample rhett for cal gifts in...
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the company also said the operations would not be subject to material united states taxes because it should not be considered to have significant income effectively connected with a trade or business in the united states. guy plays all the angles, doesn't he? so mitt romney, the presidential candidate, who now talks tough on china and says that president obama isn't tough on china, what do you think he did with all that information? well, on april 17th, 1998, just 9 days after the document was released, brookside incorporated, an affiliate of bain capital, acquired about 6% of global tech. mitt romney was listed as the sole shareholder, sole director, president and ceo of brookside incorporated. mitt romney chose to pay less taxes and exploit workers all for a profit. middle classers, you nervous tonight? you ought to be. tonight in our survey, i asked, can the president sustain his momentum for 40 days? 99% of you say yes. 1% of you say no. >>> coming up, george w. bush is back. this time he's going to be dancing up a storm in the cayman islands. you won't believe the stunt he's pul
the company also said the operations would not be subject to material united states taxes because it should not be considered to have significant income effectively connected with a trade or business in the united states. guy plays all the angles, doesn't he? so mitt romney, the presidential candidate, who now talks tough on china and says that president obama isn't tough on china, what do you think he did with all that information? well, on april 17th, 1998, just 9 days after the document was...
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why wouldn't he want this principle to apply to every district in the united states? this is a straight-out cowardly case of bullying. because the congress has somewhat more jurisdiction over the district than others, because he doesn't have the nerve to try to paste this on the united states of america, he's trying to make it his ideological point by going, like a big bully, at the only residents who don't have a voting member -- yes, i vote in committee, but no final vote, is no senators to protect the district. that's why he's doing it. a straight-up gang-up on the most disempowered district in the united states of america. but let me tell you something about us, we know how to fight back. >> eleanor holmes norton, democrat from washington, d.c., i have absolutely no doubt about that last point you just made. thank you very much for talking to us tonight and good luck tomorrow. >> thank you, rachel. >> thank you. >>> all right, still ahead, jane lynch is here tonight also, richard engel is here tonight. [ shivering ] sorry. sore knee. blast of cold feels nice. why
why wouldn't he want this principle to apply to every district in the united states? this is a straight-out cowardly case of bullying. because the congress has somewhat more jurisdiction over the district than others, because he doesn't have the nerve to try to paste this on the united states of america, he's trying to make it his ideological point by going, like a big bully, at the only residents who don't have a voting member -- yes, i vote in committee, but no final vote, is no senators to...
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well, being the president of the united states, craig, is one lonely job. you have a lot of people working for you, there's a lot of glamour to the job, but at the end of the day, it's very lonely. you have to make some pretty incredible decisions. you know, when i worked for president bush, one of the things that always kind of got to me is those moments when you realize that he started off every morning, and he started awfully early every morning, getting an assessment of what was going on with the war on terror, and all the problems with people who had lost their lives in the skirmishes the day before. for every president, republican or democrat, it's a sobering job. it's a job -- >> and that's what she was speaking to there. >> that's what she's speaking to there. i hope you wouldn't try to apply anything else. >> but that was something we came across, and we were like, yeah, we wanted to get you to elaborate on that. thank you for doing that. i want to turn to paul ryan for a quick moment here. this is what the "national review" is reporting this morni
well, being the president of the united states, craig, is one lonely job. you have a lot of people working for you, there's a lot of glamour to the job, but at the end of the day, it's very lonely. you have to make some pretty incredible decisions. you know, when i worked for president bush, one of the things that always kind of got to me is those moments when you realize that he started off every morning, and he started awfully early every morning, getting an assessment of what was going on...
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what you have is we're past the breaking point in the united states. people do not want to see these stories continue. >> well, and does it make -- does it change the way we care for vets, change our conception about ptsd and how to treat it? >> it should. it brings up this problem that the armed forces has in the diagnosis, it costs a lot to treat. it's expensive long term to treat that. there are a number of articles about the armed forces doctors being pressured to not give that diagnosis to reduce the cost of veterans care long term. we should have a conversation about that because it's outrageous, the way we treat veterans when they come back and who knows what went into this but it raises the issue how we care for our veterans. it should be handled very differently. >> p.j., what is the latest, we have to go soon, what is the latest with staff sergeant robert bales in terms of his trial? >> well, there's the investigation is under way. i don't think he has been formally charged. that will lead to something called an article 32 investigation where
what you have is we're past the breaking point in the united states. people do not want to see these stories continue. >> well, and does it make -- does it change the way we care for vets, change our conception about ptsd and how to treat it? >> it should. it brings up this problem that the armed forces has in the diagnosis, it costs a lot to treat. it's expensive long term to treat that. there are a number of articles about the armed forces doctors being pressured to not give that...
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i think people in realtimes saw barack obama's as president of the united states, saw the same kind of coolness, sense of command that he had when he made the decision to go after osama bin laden and i think it's helped him. beyond that, i think you look at the jobs numbers and romney is trying to quibble with it, he's openly rooting for the job numbers to fail. we're on a steady climb upwards. the fact of the matter is, a lot more people think the economy is on the right track than a year ago. that's really important. >> when you contrast that with romney and even today two more ohio newspapers called him out, the youngstown vindicate for writes that the ads are an insult to ohioans and toledo blade says, blasting romney for an exercise in deception about auto industry issues that is remarkable even by the standards of this campaign, you have one guy getting blasted for something that he won't pull off the air while the president is in this kind of posture that you've described. >> i think every time those ads run in ohio they hurt romney. i'll tell you why. there are a lot of ads run
i think people in realtimes saw barack obama's as president of the united states, saw the same kind of coolness, sense of command that he had when he made the decision to go after osama bin laden and i think it's helped him. beyond that, i think you look at the jobs numbers and romney is trying to quibble with it, he's openly rooting for the job numbers to fail. we're on a steady climb upwards. the fact of the matter is, a lot more people think the economy is on the right track than a year ago....
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you said the fact that homosexual lobby can make a president of the united states come hither who holds real power in democrat party. homosexual lobby. i need you to tell me what that is. >> well, i think it is the people that actually believe, even 10% of what keith was just saying. i don't understand what america he lives in. i must have missed the unemployment report. i must have missed the debt ceiling raises. >> did you miss it during the bush administration? some of those things that you've just outlined, the spending, did you miss that before 2008? >> preach it, sister. i'm with you. hey, i'm with you on that. i was leading the revolution on that stuff. >> it didn't happen since 2008 is the point keith and others have tried to make. >> we had two wars in the bush administration we didn't pay for. >> i agree. >> we had the administration that basically ran over civil rights and civil liberties and ignored the constitution, according to a lot of people. and then some people say that president barack obama was trying to clear up the mess that he inherited is somehow worse than presi
you said the fact that homosexual lobby can make a president of the united states come hither who holds real power in democrat party. homosexual lobby. i need you to tell me what that is. >> well, i think it is the people that actually believe, even 10% of what keith was just saying. i don't understand what america he lives in. i must have missed the unemployment report. i must have missed the debt ceiling raises. >> did you miss it during the bush administration? some of those...
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. >>> it is on between the united states government and the government of the state of florida. anything you can sue, i can sue better. >>> and the stakes are really, really high for the rest at country and in fact for small "d" democracy, itself. that story's next. ♪ [ natalie ] i was born to swim but my hair isn't so lucky. hours and hours in the pool mages it. that's why i love pantene daily moisture renewal. [ female announcer ] the pro-v system nourishes for...
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the stores in the united states they were only up by 0.7% for september. the analysts have been looking for up 1.7%. you wonder if that is a one off because of september. we had heard from some other companies like southwest yesterday who said that they really struggled with the economy in september but october's numbers had been better and we don't have mcdonald's october numbers yet. i wonder if that was a bobble. in europe, the numbers for mcdonald's, their sales actually were can -- what they said their numbers were okay but it was because pricing had come in instead of traffic. traffic trends were actually down in europe and, chuck, the same thing caught me by surprise because usually in really tough times you'll see people coming in for the dollar menu or the euro menu. in europe it tells you things are so bad the traffic is actually down. that means people aren't going out at all if they're not going out to mcdonald's. >> all right. becky quinn, earnings season. that will have the impact. by the way, we get state by state unemployment rates in about
the stores in the united states they were only up by 0.7% for september. the analysts have been looking for up 1.7%. you wonder if that is a one off because of september. we had heard from some other companies like southwest yesterday who said that they really struggled with the economy in september but october's numbers had been better and we don't have mcdonald's october numbers yet. i wonder if that was a bobble. in europe, the numbers for mcdonald's, their sales actually were can -- what...
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when it comes to the person running for president of the united states with the economy being so sluggish as it is, that's the number one issue. that's what americans want their candidates to talk about. >> yet, steve, couple of senate democrats are running away from this. john tester, claire mccaskill. do you think that this could hurt democrats' chance of hanging on to the senate or, you know, what is considered to be a long shot, nevertheless according to the chairman a possibility to take the house? >> actually i think it is more of a challenge for senate candidates and house candidates out there than the president. because the president speaks for his administration and he's running a national campaign and his campaign probably doesn't include the strategy, probably doesn't include carrying states like montana. so for john tester who is a democrat, he will be asked a lot about this and puts him in a fairly difficult position. but doing the right thing is what people expect of a politician and leader and so i presume that john tester and claire mccaskill and other folks out there are
when it comes to the person running for president of the united states with the economy being so sluggish as it is, that's the number one issue. that's what americans want their candidates to talk about. >> yet, steve, couple of senate democrats are running away from this. john tester, claire mccaskill. do you think that this could hurt democrats' chance of hanging on to the senate or, you know, what is considered to be a long shot, nevertheless according to the chairman a possibility to...
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states. new "usa today"/gallup poll shows half of americans approve of his endorsement. a1%. 45% say they disapprove of the president president's decision. six in ten says the president's stance on day marriage will not have an effect on their vote, 26% says it makes them less likely to vote for him in november and 13% say they are no more likely to vote for president obama. >>> mitt romney using his stance against gay marriage to connect with evangelical conservative voters and delivered the commencement address at liberty university saturday. >> culture, what you believe, what you value, how you live matt matters. now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debate from time to time. so it is today with the enduring institution of marriage, marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. [ cheers and applause ] >> rnc chairman raines priebus defended that. >> mitt romney is a gracious, caring promise that believes every individual in this count
states. new "usa today"/gallup poll shows half of americans approve of his endorsement. a1%. 45% say they disapprove of the president president's decision. six in ten says the president's stance on day marriage will not have an effect on their vote, 26% says it makes them less likely to vote for him in november and 13% say they are no more likely to vote for president obama. >>> mitt romney using his stance against gay marriage to connect with evangelical conservative voters...
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what we are saying is if someone is here in the united states, as an immigrant and they have been a victim of abuse, the prosecutor should be able to work with that immigrant and be able to protect not just them but future women who might be subject to the same kind of attack by this same individual. so -- this is -- you know, the women are going to push hard. the women senators really care about this issue and we are going to be unite. >> understood. we will keep an eye on that and i thank you again for making time for us on a busy day in the senate. >> all right. good luck. >> thank you. >>> we will talk about hillary clinton who is getting set to get back to work next week. the question is not if but when the gop will counter the 2016 talk. we will discuss that just ahead on "now." >>> perhaps an ominous sign for democrats, some republicans are looking past the fiscal cliff entirely and getting ready for the next fight. senator bob corker spoke moments ago on capitol hill. >> we immediate to do something in the 4 1/2 to $5 trillion range. so we can begin this year with this and in the r
what we are saying is if someone is here in the united states, as an immigrant and they have been a victim of abuse, the prosecutor should be able to work with that immigrant and be able to protect not just them but future women who might be subject to the same kind of attack by this same individual. so -- this is -- you know, the women are going to push hard. the women senators really care about this issue and we are going to be unite. >> understood. we will keep an eye on that and i...
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if entry into the united states senate was not saying anything stupid, i'm not sure the united states senate would ever have a quorum. a lot of politicians have said stupid things that win elections. todd's going to push on and see what he can do. >> go ahead, shaunna. >> it wasn't a stupid remark. it may be the case that he does understand how women's biology works. but if that's true, if he understands how women get pregnant, he was mr. fully negating facts in order to justify blaming women for getting pregnant. >> he's made new comments regarding, quote, false rape. you can step out on a limb if you want, chip, but i have here in front of me, we're waiting to get more, he seems to be delving into language again regarding false rape and roe v. wade. i don't have it in its entire context, but if you want to step out on a line, feel free to do that. >> we've seen politicians -- look, joe biden last week said something incredibly insensitive and never apologized for it. he goes on like it's no big deal. what congressman kaik dakin did incredibly stupid. >> thank you, great pleasure hav
if entry into the united states senate was not saying anything stupid, i'm not sure the united states senate would ever have a quorum. a lot of politicians have said stupid things that win elections. todd's going to push on and see what he can do. >> go ahead, shaunna. >> it wasn't a stupid remark. it may be the case that he does understand how women's biology works. but if that's true, if he understands how women get pregnant, he was mr. fully negating facts in order to justify...
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. >> he's promised us the same thing he's promised the united states. he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. >> nothing. the obama campaign's goal is to make this a choice election and make mitt romney unacceptable. >>> also, jp morgan chase's $2 billion losses, a lot of people saying, i told you so. barney frank, as in dodd/frank, has been fighting the republicans for years saying banks like chase need to be regulated so we don't have to bail them out. barney frank joins us tonight. plus the filibusters is a routine use by republicans to require 66 to get anything done. in other words, getting nothing done. how about get rid of it. and mitt romney gets a very low key endorsement from -- can you keep a secret? w. that's in the side show. we begin with my thoughts on why we should junk the filibuster. we begin with mitt romney and bain capital, however. susan page, bureau chief of usa today and the director of the "washington post" media group as well as the political analyst. yesterday we showed you the obama campaign ad going up in five swi
. >> he's promised us the same thing he's promised the united states. he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. >> nothing. the obama campaign's goal is to make this a choice election and make mitt romney unacceptable. >>> also, jp morgan chase's $2 billion losses, a lot of people saying, i told you so. barney frank, as in dodd/frank, has been fighting the republicans for years saying banks like chase need to be regulated so we don't have to bail them out. barney...
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if the bill passed that he would veto it as president of the united states. i think that this has been xwleelgts botched by the republicans and in every way, and not just the way it was handled, but their position that's not in fare of what the president has done, which is absolutely the right thing to do. >> congresswoman, they don't have a position. that's the problem. >> well, i don't know if they don't have a position. it seems to me in the absence of a position, while millions of americans are waiting to hear, especially the dreamers, the young men and women who now are hitting a brick wall, as they graduate from high school, i think their position is clear. they don't want to act. they're not ready to act. they're not willing to act to save them from the potential of deportation and joblessness. >> well, as we just heard mitch mcconnell, he doesn't wish to comment on the subject until mitt romney comments. congresswoman jan of illinois. thank you for commenting on these issues. we appreciate it. >> thank you, martin. >>> next, the president and putin. h
if the bill passed that he would veto it as president of the united states. i think that this has been xwleelgts botched by the republicans and in every way, and not just the way it was handled, but their position that's not in fare of what the president has done, which is absolutely the right thing to do. >> congresswoman, they don't have a position. that's the problem. >> well, i don't know if they don't have a position. it seems to me in the absence of a position, while millions...
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this is the united states of america. and for our state department to be saying one thing, the white house to be saying another, i mean it's like an episode of the keystone cops with these guys. >> just to clarify, who are the keystone cops here? if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said behind closed doors that 47% of the country considered themselves victims, who refused personal responsibility, think about who he was talking about. and i want to fight for them. that's what i've been doing for the last four years because if they succeed, i believe the country succeeds. >> refs on bot
this is the united states of america. and for our state department to be saying one thing, the white house to be saying another, i mean it's like an episode of the keystone cops with these guys. >> just to clarify, who are the keystone cops here? if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on...
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states. >> yes, a positive citizen of the united states. if a few minutes i want to talk about how one politician decided to stop lying. it is time for a preview with alex witt. hi, alex. >> i want to stick around for that one for sure. as you have been reporting this morning the president officially kicks off the campaign in our hours. will start in the critic swing state of ohio. both he and the first lady will be giving speeches. we'll bring that to you live. it should start in an hour. >> an arraignment for the self-proclaimed shake mohammed has gotten off to a rocky start. in office politics, author, filmmaker, sebastian younger has taliban phone numbers and addresses. ela he tell us what he did with that info and why. the movie "avengers" is breaking records left and right. we'll tell you in must see. back to you with all of that. >> i love it. you're going to do that on the "avengers." maybe i will go see it. thank you. up next, can you believe that until this week there wasn't a single out gay republican state lawmaker? that all cha
states. >> yes, a positive citizen of the united states. if a few minutes i want to talk about how one politician decided to stop lying. it is time for a preview with alex witt. hi, alex. >> i want to stick around for that one for sure. as you have been reporting this morning the president officially kicks off the campaign in our hours. will start in the critic swing state of ohio. both he and the first lady will be giving speeches. we'll bring that to you live. it should start in...
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but mitt romney accepted the nomination to be president of the united states of america without a single word for the more than 80,000 americans who are serving right now in afghanistan. in an attempt to explain why that happened or why everybody should be okay with it, a senior romney campaign aide, my friend, eric fernstrom, argued that mr. romney addressed the war in afghanistan just the day before his convention speech, when he spoke to the american legion in indiana. in that american legion speech, it's true, mr. romney did say two sentences about the war in afghanistan. literally, here's exactly what he said. "we are still at war in afghanistan. we still have uniformed men and women in conflict, risking their lives." that's it. that's the two sentences he uttered the day before his convention speech. and that treatment on the war is why he didn't have anything left to say about our current war the following day when he was accepting the nomination. i guess those two sentences exhausted it for him, pretty much. the day after the republican convention wrapped up, president obama went
but mitt romney accepted the nomination to be president of the united states of america without a single word for the more than 80,000 americans who are serving right now in afghanistan. in an attempt to explain why that happened or why everybody should be okay with it, a senior romney campaign aide, my friend, eric fernstrom, argued that mr. romney addressed the war in afghanistan just the day before his convention speech, when he spoke to the american legion in indiana. in that american...
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. >>> it is on between the united states government and the government of the state of florida. anything you can sue, i can sue better. >>> and the stakes are really, really high for the rest at country and in fact for small "d" democracy, itself. that story's next. but thanks to the htc one x from at&t, with its built in beats audio, every note sounds amazingly clear. ...making it easy to get lost in the music... and, well... rio vista?!! [ male announcer ] ...lost. introducing the musically enhanced htc one x from at&t. rethink possible. [ male announcer ] they were born to climb... born to leap, born to stalk, and born to pounce. to understand why, we journeyed to africa, where their wild ancestor was born. there we discovered that cats, no matter where they are... are born to be cats. and shouldn't your cat be who he was born to be? discover your cat's true nature. purina one. >>> for all of the viewers who have written in wondering why this show doesn't spend more time talking about giant you kw the most resonant emotionally compelling giant tortoise story you'll hear anywh
. >>> it is on between the united states government and the government of the state of florida. anything you can sue, i can sue better. >>> and the stakes are really, really high for the rest at country and in fact for small "d" democracy, itself. that story's next. but thanks to the htc one x from at&t, with its built in beats audio, every note sounds amazingly clear. ...making it easy to get lost in the music... and, well... rio vista?!! [ male announcer ]...
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. >>> it is on between the united states government and the government of the state of florida. anything you can sue, i can sue better. >>> and the stakes are really, really high for the rest at country and in fact for small "d" democracy, itself. that story's next. do you read out loud or in your head? do you need a lamp to see? and does it leave your bedmate be? don't you wish there was a light that wouldn't keep them up all night? if so, you'll be happy to know, our newest nook now comes with glow. introducing nook simple touch with glowlight, the only e-reader made for bedtime reading. find your nook at your neighborhood barnes & noble. olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! put it on my spark card! [ high-pitched ] nice doin' business with you! [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles
. >>> it is on between the united states government and the government of the state of florida. anything you can sue, i can sue better. >>> and the stakes are really, really high for the rest at country and in fact for small "d" democracy, itself. that story's next. do you read out loud or in your head? do you need a lamp to see? and does it leave your bedmate be? don't you wish there was a light that wouldn't keep them up all night? if so, you'll be happy to know,...
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you are going to be a married member of the united states congress, with a same-sex partner. i wondered if today's announcement changed the seating list for the ceremony. >> no, i admire the president. i deeply respect him. but i don't want my guests to have to go through the metal detector. you know, the secret service does a great job of protecting ft. but while they are protecting the president, they pretty much disrupt everybody's lives around them. so i want the wedding to be celebratory, not militaryized. >> i hear you. on this issue of, i guess, the president's personal views versus what the president has pursued on policies, this has been a very pro-gay rights administration. the president never before today had said that he personally endorsed the idea of gay marriage rights. you'd said a couple of weeks ago that you thought it was a problem that he hadn't personally said anything about it. why was it a problem and has he solved that problem now? >> yes, he has. it was a problem, frankly, because of the referenda. in terms of public policy, as you had pointed out, th
you are going to be a married member of the united states congress, with a same-sex partner. i wondered if today's announcement changed the seating list for the ceremony. >> no, i admire the president. i deeply respect him. but i don't want my guests to have to go through the metal detector. you know, the secret service does a great job of protecting ft. but while they are protecting the president, they pretty much disrupt everybody's lives around them. so i want the wedding to be...
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written in 2004 before he ran for and won a seat in the united states senate. in a chapter entitled bush can't lose with clinton's military. he agrees with this statement by dick cheney. a commander in chief leads the military built by those who came before him. there is little that he or his defense secretary can do to improve the force that they have to deploy. it is all the work of previous administrations. he points out that bush went to war in afghanistan nine months after taking office. the military took control of a country that the soviet union couldn't control and the british failed to subdue and the military did that in two weeks. it was not the bush/cheney military that let the success slip away. the military that the bush/cheney administration deployed with complete confidence in afghanistan and later in iraq was bill clinton's military much the same military that the bush/cheney campaign chose to lie about every day of our last peace time presidential campaign. candidate bush repeatedly said that our military was at its lowest state of readiness si
written in 2004 before he ran for and won a seat in the united states senate. in a chapter entitled bush can't lose with clinton's military. he agrees with this statement by dick cheney. a commander in chief leads the military built by those who came before him. there is little that he or his defense secretary can do to improve the force that they have to deploy. it is all the work of previous administrations. he points out that bush went to war in afghanistan nine months after taking office....
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>> governor romney has said he believes the president was born in the united states. he said it repeatedly. he said that he thinks the issue is closed. and that he's focused on jobs and the economy. and, you know, democrats put out a web video on this yesterday. they can talk about donald trump all they want. we're focused on jobs and the economy. how mitt romney's going to get people back to work and i think that's what voters care about. so, you're going to hear a lot, you know, of stuff on the sidelines, you know, whether it be from people outside the campaigns or the media, but at the end of the day, voters want to get a job. they want their paychecks to go up. they want gas prices to go down. and those are the things that governor romney's focused on. >> i understand that. but i guess why -- the campaign chooses who they raise money with. why raise money with somebody who is using what a lot of people believe is poisonous language? >> look, as, again, you know, they don't agree on every subject and if you look, you know, the obama campaign refuses to denounce bil
>> governor romney has said he believes the president was born in the united states. he said it repeatedly. he said that he thinks the issue is closed. and that he's focused on jobs and the economy. and, you know, democrats put out a web video on this yesterday. they can talk about donald trump all they want. we're focused on jobs and the economy. how mitt romney's going to get people back to work and i think that's what voters care about. so, you're going to hear a lot, you know, of...
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and also someone that's the most popular politician now in the united states. you know, somebody who has endured and come back and -- when he has been knocked down and has gotten back up and people admire that. they look back, i think, to the '90s and even a lot of republicans do with nostalgia. this was a time of peace and prosperity and good times. and tonight i think you are going to see him in the role of explainer in chief. trying to explain the disconnect between the promise of four years ago and reality. and there is no one more effective at it than the president could have asked to do this speech than he is. >> oliver wendell holmes, came across this great quote. events life. if you have a great heart, tremendous confidence in yourself, you can go through unbelievable stuff. bill clinton is going through -- let's face it, impeachment, gone through monica, he has gone through mark rich and all that junk. 30 points higher because he came back in and did the clinton global initiative. i called him in a document president of the world. this guy can get elec
and also someone that's the most popular politician now in the united states. you know, somebody who has endured and come back and -- when he has been knocked down and has gotten back up and people admire that. they look back, i think, to the '90s and even a lot of republicans do with nostalgia. this was a time of peace and prosperity and good times. and tonight i think you are going to see him in the role of explainer in chief. trying to explain the disconnect between the promise of four years...
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right here in the united states of america. >> rhetoric like that might be working. look at the headline today. end game approaching as it's looking more and more likely that the republicans forced to give in on taxes. house speaker john boehner after a secret white house meeting this weekend says the lines of communication between both sides remain open. but what would the gop demand for a concession on taxes and how much leverage do they have left? let's bring back dr. jay john allen for politico. how are you, sir? >> doing very well. i was concerned about the wheel of misfortune there on the fiscal cliff. >> i'm worried about it, too. but let's talk about that. how much leverage do the republicans have? we know that the president has leverage because elections matter but what kind of leverage do the republicans have? >> i think the president wants to get this taken care of, not worry about a debt ceiling in the future and the republicans with their effort in that debate and some negotiating room for the republicans. they would like to see serious entitlement refor
right here in the united states of america. >> rhetoric like that might be working. look at the headline today. end game approaching as it's looking more and more likely that the republicans forced to give in on taxes. house speaker john boehner after a secret white house meeting this weekend says the lines of communication between both sides remain open. but what would the gop demand for a concession on taxes and how much leverage do they have left? let's bring back dr. jay john allen...
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clearly the united states bending over backwards to call out russia. knowing what you know about vladimir putin, knowing what you know about russia, will this be an effective strategy? >> in a certain sense it doesn't really matter if the helicopters are old ones that have been refurbished or are new arrivals. for syria, they will still be new, refurbished helicopter it is can use against the opposition. the question you're asking is how will vladimir putin react to this public pressure. it's hard to know. vladimir putin feels somewhat emboldened. he's just returned to power. i don't think he feels like he wants to be pushed around. pushed around by a president who is in a somewhat weaker position because president obama has to face elections. now if you remember that moment caught off-camera when president obama leaned in and spoke to the russians in saying, tell vladimir that after the elections, i'll be after the u.s. elections, i'll be able to be much more free and we can get down to business. i think that still holds true. how much the u.s. can pr
clearly the united states bending over backwards to call out russia. knowing what you know about vladimir putin, knowing what you know about russia, will this be an effective strategy? >> in a certain sense it doesn't really matter if the helicopters are old ones that have been refurbished or are new arrivals. for syria, they will still be new, refurbished helicopter it is can use against the opposition. the question you're asking is how will vladimir putin react to this public pressure....
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a grim vision of where the united states is headed. for those on the religious right, china is the natural endpoint of america's slide, a communist regime that suppresses religious expression and forces women to have only one child. for the left, china is the corporatist neoliberal nightmare that we're in the process of becoming. a place where the force of the state is used to suppress dissent and aid the bosses to run sweat shops where millions of workers work in misery to produce goods for us. for establishment elites like tom friedman, china can win the future without the roadblocks of democracy and progress. when china needed to relocate people to build the three gorges dam, they just did it. because china con found us, the only reliable rule of our domestic politics is that the party out of power will happily condemn china's abuses and taunt the party in power for its cowardly appeasement. >> i would be firm, i would say if you want to continue most-favored nations status for your government-owned industries as well as your privat
a grim vision of where the united states is headed. for those on the religious right, china is the natural endpoint of america's slide, a communist regime that suppresses religious expression and forces women to have only one child. for the left, china is the corporatist neoliberal nightmare that we're in the process of becoming. a place where the force of the state is used to suppress dissent and aid the bosses to run sweat shops where millions of workers work in misery to produce goods for...